| Brady Island | |
| Local Name: | Остров Брейди |
| Location: | Arctic |
| Coordinates: | 80.2672°N 55.2881°W |
| Archipelago: | Franz Josef Archipelago |
| Elevation M: | 381 |
| Population: | 0 |
| Country: | Russia |
Brady Island (Russian: Остров Брейди; Ostrov Bryeydi) is an island in Franz Josef Land, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.
The island has a maximum altitude of 3810NaN0. Between its northernmost point, Cape Wiese (Russian: мыс Визе), and its southernmost point, Cape Krasovsky (Russian: мыс Красовского), it is about 70NaN0 in length. Located in the central part of the archipelago, it lies 80NaN0 west of McClintock Island, separated by the Aberdare Strait (Russian: пролив Абердэр). Brice, Bliss, and Leigh-Smith Island are located to the north and west of Brady Island, beyond the Sidorov Strait (Russian: пролив Сидорова).[1]
The island was discovered by Benjamin Leigh Smith in 1880. It is most likely named after Henry Bowman Brady, a zoologist who examined collections from both the Austro-Hungarian North Pole expedition and Albert Hastings Markham’s expedition in 1879.[2] The expedition also gave the name Cape Speelman to what is now Cape Krasovsky, after Jhr. M. H. Speelman (1852–1907), a lieutenant on the Dutch Arctic expeditions 1878–1879. The current name was given in 1950, in honour of Russian scientist Feodosy Krasovsky.[2]